Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 32,276, Nathan Goodrich, Conn. & U.S.A.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Goodrich Nathan Gutrich or
S. 32,276
U.S.A.
CONTENTS

India 26.951
The within Goods are to be Sold by the Estate of — Duct o who was a — 1 st in the Company commanded by Captain Coghlin of the Reg t commanded by Col l Smith in the Arm y — time for —
Yrs & No 53. 33 1/2
Inscribed on the Roll of Indiana the rate of 53 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 23 rd day of July and 1841 to M rs H. P. Robinson, Kelso
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. } Recorded by E. H. Spagen Clerk, Book _____ Vol. _____ Page 173

State of Indiana Shelby County ss.
on this thirteenth day of February A.D. 1883 personally appeared before the Probate Court of the County of Shelby. Nathan Goodrich, a resident of Addison Township in the County aforesaid and State aforesaid aged Sixty Seven years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed June 7. 1832, that he enlisted in the army of the United States in the year 1832, with Capt Benjamin Conklin, and served in the Second regiment of the Connecticut line, under the following named officers, Herman Swift, Colonel of the Second & Lieutenant Col. Johnson, & Major Smith, Regiment, of the Connecticut line, David Strong Capt of the 8th Company, & Lieutenant Clark, in consequence of old age and the great length of time elapsed, I can not recollect the Christian names of the Lieut Col & Major & Ensign Lieutenant Clark, for the reasons above stated He died soon after I joined the Army. I can not recollect the Christian name of the Ensign from I served under the the before named officers from the time I joined the army until December following at which time I took the place of one Jonathan Carter a three years man, in the same company, about this time Capt Coal Fox, took the command, Capt Strong having left the army, Capt Coal Fox, did not take the actual command, the company was under the actual command of Ensign Gnam, Lieutenant Clark having died before Capt Strong left the army, after Capt Fox, the company was under the command of Capt Humphrey, he did not take the actual command in person, Ensign Gnam continued in the actual command until April about one year after my first entering into the army or company - at the time that
at the time I joined the army I was called Frederick A false name was so written on the rolls.

The troops were discharged that had enlisted for during the war, I was then transferred into Capt Jonathan Hart's Company, as Capt Hart took the command of the company or so many of them as were not discharged at the close of the war I continued under the command of Captain Hart, until the latter part of August 1783. At the time of my enlistment I resided in the Town of Sharon County of Litchfield and State of Connecticut, I enlisted in the part of April 1783 under Capt Benjamin Kentlin a captain of the Militia, he was ordered to furnish eight men for the purpose of filling vacancies in the Connecticut line then stationed on or near the Hudson or North river in the State of New York, My self and seven others volunteered to enlist for the term of one year, about three weeks from the time of my enlistment I met with other recruits who had been enlisted for the army, at Litchfield we remained about ten days, we marched from there under the command of a Sergeant, sent from the army on the north river in the State of N.Y. for the purpose of marching the recruits to the army at or near the highlands on the North river aforesaid we marched directly from Litchfield for the State of Connecticut to a place called the highlands of Yorks, on the north river in the State of N.Y. we were three days on the road, I was mustered into Capt David Strong's Company, the 8 th Company in the 2 d Regiment commanded by Colo Heman Swift, at a place called the Connecticut Stuts, — I remained in the vicinity of the highlands on the north river aforesaid during the whole time that I was in the Army, which was according to the best of my recollection seventeen months. — — — — he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency in any state sworn to, and subscribed, the day his Nathan Goodrich and year aforesaid J. B. Morris Clerk P. 6.86 Mark

Woodsfield, O } June 10 th ~~~~~
Free { from S. Kirkbride Post Master
H. P. Nobison Esq. Attorney at Law Shelbyville Shelby County Indiana
N.B. Evidence of Nathan Hallister, in the application of Nathan Goodrich for a pension

The State of Ohio Montgomery Co. ss
Be it known that before me Jeremiah Hollister one of the associate judges for the county aforesaid personally appeared Nathan Hollister who after being duly sworn according to law, doth make the following Statements.
1 st that Nathan Goodrich the affiant is sixty eight or sixty nine years of age.
2 nd that he belonged to the regular Army.
3 rd that he entered the service about the first of April 1882. at Sharon Litchfield County State of Connecticut. where he the deponent lived at the time. Said Goodrich entered the service.
4 th that he knows that said Goodrich returned home in August 1883. then
5 th deponent dont know who he was a substitute for the latter part of his time.
6 th that he served the most of his time in the State of New York and the third at West Point.
7 th that he belonged while at home to Benjamin Conkling's Company. his Capt had to furnish eight men four to go against the Tories and four to fill vacancies in the regular army. Eight volunteered and he said Goodrich was one of the four who went to fill vacancies in the regular army.

8th the Captain who commanded him after he left Conklins Company was David Strong. 9th his Colonel was Heman Swift dont know the other officers.
10th that deponent is Brother-in Law of Nathan Goodrich and that he believes said Goodrich lives in Shelby County Indiana and that when Nathan Goodrich entered the Service the deponent lived in the same neighborhood and was well acquainted with him and that he knew of his going and returning at or very near the times before specified to wit. That he went out the first of April 1852 or near that time and returned about the last of August 1853.
11th that said Goodrich was a private in the Army of the Revolution sworn and subscribed before me at Woodfield County and State aforesaid this 10th day of June AD 1834
J. Hollister Associate Judge
Nathan Hollister
State of Ohio Monroe County } I hereby certify that Nathan Hollister the witness who who has this day been sworn and testified as to the service of Nathan Goodrich as a Soldier of the Revolution is a man of good character and worthy of credit.
J. Hollister Associate Judge

State of Ohio, Monroe County ss.
I Robert F. Taylor Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in & for said County do certify that Sir: Holston Equine is an acting Associate Judge of said County duly Commissioned & sworn according to Law - And that the within Signatures purporting to be his are Genuine
In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto Set my hand and Affixed the Seal of said Court at Woodstock the 10 th day of June 1831 Robert F. Taylor Clerk

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
May 31 1833
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of Nathan Goodrich a Gutrich, Shelby County Indiana
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     Enlisted Apr. 1782 1 5 - private Col. Conklin, Col. Swift 67 years Sharon Litchfield County Connecticut No testimony of any kind - papers No property attached. Unless the applicant can prove his service by at least one credible witness who had a personal knowledge of his service his claim cannot be allowed.  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this day of personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of in the county of and State, Territory or District of aged (c) years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d), with and served in the (e) regiment of the line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. [This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I of the Court of do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of &c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Clerk of the Court of do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this day of &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person

will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.  6. { To a Soldier. Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? To an Officer. Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it? 
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance. [b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned. [d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served. [e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:—For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months , in too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable. [g] The opinion of the Court is always required. [h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case. [i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[k] The notes from (a) to (j) are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note (j) applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

Shelbyville Ind August 14th 1880
To J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions, Dear Sir. The original application of Nathan Goodrich has just been put into my hands, & I have complied with the old man's request to prepare him an amended declaration, according to the instructions furnished to guides in the applications of Militia, Volunteers, State Troops, &c. The old man's impression has he state within is that he belonged to the Regular Army, I conclude however (though it is not so stated in your return) that his name is not found on the records of the department. If this be the case I presume he may hope for a pension with the expectation that his impressions respecting the character in which he served are erroneous. He is extremely feeble, has suffered much from Rheumatism, so that he is now scarce able to walk, and as a matter of course his memory after such a lapse of time is defective. I have consulted the history of the times when he alleges his services to have been performed, but cannot satisfy myself from such sources whether the officers whom he mentions were of the Regular Army or not. I am of opinion however that Mr Goodrich belonged to State Troops, if I rightly understand the distinction between the several classes to which the act is construed to extend. If a regular soldier and his name be not on the Record, perhaps a sufficient reason for its absence may be found in the manner in which he was called to the service to fill vacancies. If this will constitute him a volunteer, he will be glad to be allowed all advantages to which his character as such will entitle him. Very respectfully Yours H. C.
H. C. Robinson atty
H. C. Robinson Shelbyville Ind
April 1782 1 yr 4 mo $53.33 3/4
Nathan Goodrich or Guthrich Shelby County Indiana
No. 24360

April 15, 1937
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Mary Lutz Thomas 1143 Salisbury Avenue Cody, Wyoming
NATHAN GOODRICH S. 32876 BA-J/EEL:MLB aw
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the record of Nathan Goodrick who served in the Revolutionary War from Sharon, Connecticut.
You are furnished herein the record of the only soldier named Nathan Goodrich found in the Revolutionary War records of this office. The data therein were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, S. 32876, based upon his service in that war.
Nathan Goodrich was born April 13, 1765, in Alstead, Vermont, and when about one year old moved with his father to Sharon, Litchfield County, Connecticut. The names of his parents are not stated.
While a resident of Sharon, Connecticut, in 1782, he belonged to Captain Benjamin Conklin's company of Connecticut militia, and on April 1, 1782, enlisted from that company and served as private in Captains David Strong's, Colfax's and Humphreys' company, Colonel Heman Swift's 2 nd Connecticut Regiment, until June, 1783, when he was transferred to Captain Jonathan Heart's company under the same colonel and served until late in August, 1783.
In the spring of 1784, he moved to West Stockbridge, Massachusetts, where he remained two years, then returned to Sharon, Connecticut, and there enlisted and served three years in Captains Strong's and Heart's companies under General Harmar at the mouth of the Muskingum River in Ohio, and at the mouth of French Creek on the Allegheny River.
Nathan Goodrich was allowed pension on his application executed February 13, 1833, while a resident of Addison Township, Shelby County, Indiana, for service rendered in the Revolutionary War.

It is not stated that soldier was ever married.
In 1980, Nathan Holister, a resident of Center Township, Monroe County, Ohio, stated that he was a brother-in-law of the soldier, Nathan Goodrich. There are no further family data.
Nathan Goodrich stated that while in the army he was often called Nathan Gutrich.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

March 12, 1936
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SA-J/MSF/ea1 Nathan Goodrich-S.32276
Mrs. Clark McConney 134 First Street Shelbyville, Indiana
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Nathaniel Goodrich, who served in the Connecticut Troops and received a pension while residing in Shelby County, Indiana.
There is no claim for pension on file based upon the military service in the Revolutionary War of a soldier named Nathaniel Goodrich. The record is furnished you herein of a soldier named Nathan Goodrich, who served from Connecticut and was pensioned while residing in Shelby County, Indiana, the data for which were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim S.32276, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.
Nathan Goodrich was born April 13, 1765, in Alstead, Vermont, and when about one year moved with his father to Sharon, Litchfield County, Connecticut. The names of his parents are not stated.
While a resident of said Sharon in 1782, he belonged to Captain Benjamin Conklin's Company of Connecticut Militia, and on April 1, 1782, enlisted from that company and served as private in Captain David Strong, Colfax and Houghreys' Company, Colonel Heman Swift's 2 d Connecticut Regiment until June, 1783, when he was transferred to Captain Jonathan Heart's Company under the same colonel and served until late in August, 1783.
In the spring of 1784, he moved to West Stockbridge, Massachusetts and remained two years, then returned to Sharon, Connecticut, and there enlisted and served three years in Captain Strong's and Heart's Companies under General Harmer at the mouth of the Muskingum River in Ohio, and at the mouth of French Creek on the Allegheny River.
He was allowed pension on his application executed February 13,

1833, while a resident of Addison Township, Shelby County, Indiana, for service rendered in the Revolutionary War.
It is not stated that soldier was ever married.
In 1920, Nathan Holister, living in Center Township Monroe County, Ohio, stated that he was a brother-in-law of the soldier, Nathan Goodrich. There are no further family data.
The soldier stated that in the army he was often called Nathan Gutrich.
Very truly yours
x B. H. SWEET
Acting Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

January 20, 1927
Leona H. Newbill 234 South Brainerd Ave., LaGrange, Ill.
Madam:
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 32276 it appears that Nathan Goodrich was born April 13, 1765 in Alstead, Vermont and when about one year old moved with his father to Sharon, Litchfield County, Connecticut.
While a resident of said Sharon in 1782 he belonged to Captain Benjamin Conklin's Company of Connecticut Militia, and on April 1, 1782 enlisted from that company and served as private in Captains David Strong, Colfax and Humphreys' Company, Colonel Heman Swift's Second Connecticut Regiment until June 1783 when he was transferred to Captain Jonathan Heart's Company under the same Colonel and served until late in August 1783.
In the spring of 1784 he moved to West Stockbridge, Massachusetts and remained two years, then returned to Sharon, Connecticut and there enlisted and served three years in Captains Strong and Heart's Companies under General Harmar at

the mouth of the Muskingum River in Ohio and at the mouth of French Creek on the Allegheny River.
He was allowed pension on his application executed February 13, 1833 while a resident of Addison Township, Shelby County, Indiana, said pension allowed on account of his services in the Revolution.
It also appears from the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau that one Nathan Holister who was living in Centre Township, Monroe County, Ohio in 1820, stated he was soldier's brother-in-law, that he married Abigail, the daughter of Abner Goodrich and that said Abner was then living with him and aged eighty-five years.
Nathan Goodrich stated that in the army he was often called Nathan Gutrich.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner.
This is in the above line remains of this paragraph is taken from periodical Nathan Holister D-4406

Cody March 21 - 1937.
Dept of Bureau of Pensions Can you give any information of Mathan Goodrick who was a soldier from Shrewsbury, Connecticut, in the Revolutionary war.
I am a direct descendant and I wish to join the D.A.R. Any information will be most gladly received. An separate page is my descendance from him. Respectfully,
Mary Luff Thomas 1743. Salisbury Ave. Cody, Wyoming

Descendants from Nathan Goodrich
Mary Lutz Thomas, daughter of Amanda Moore Lutz, who was daughter of Lemuel and Elma Goodrich Moore, Elma was daughter of William and Catharine Brotherin Goodrich.
William Goodrich was son of Nathan and Susan Metcalfe Goodrich, Nathan Goodrich was the Rev. Soldier who voted tessered for Sharon, Conn. I want his military service and where he went after dismissal from service, what property & family did he have Please answer as soon as possible

134 First Street Shelbyville, Indiana. February 22, 1936.
Veteran's Administration Revolutionary War Records Division Washington, D.C.
My dear Sirs,
I should like to get the Revolutionary service of Nathaniel Goodrich, who was a private in the Connecticut Militia. He received a pension in 1831, while a resident of Shelby County, Indiana.
I shall appreciate this information, in regard to his service.
Yours very truly,
Mrs. Clark Mc Kenney
(Mrs. Clark Mc Kenney )

234-S Bramard Ave La Grange Ill
Nov 20, 1926
Hon. Commissioner of Pensions Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir! -
Please give me information about pension S 32276 - given to Nathan Goodrich, Sharon, Conn. for services in the Revolutionary War. His wife was Elizabeth Showers.
Yours very truly
Leona H. Newbill

32276 Rev INVALID.
File No. 32,276
Nathan Goodrich
Rev Rev. War
Act: June 2 nd 1823
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 159
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1927-Jan 20-Visit to Mrs. Leon Newbill L.M.M.F. 1936-Mar 12/visit to Mrs. Celia McKenney John 1937 Apr. 15-Visit to Mary Ruth Thomas E.E. M.B.

Shelbyville July 5 th 1834
Hon S. L. Edwards
Dr Sir.
I am again induced to trouble you with the application of Nathan Goodrich for a pension. In the last return of the papers, which took place last fall we are informed that unless the applicant prove his service by at least one credible witness his application could not be allowed. He had previously feared that the rules of your department would make such a requisition necessary, and had accordingly used all due diligence to obtain evidence before making his last application but without success. He has now procured the evidence however, rather unexpectedly, of Nathan Hallister which he encloses in this communication, and hopes will produce conviction of the justness of his claim. He has, among others, repeatedly, written to this individual, but received no reply, and came to the conclusion that all his associates of the revolution were dead. Not being willing however to relinquish a claim which he knew was just, as a last effort he directed a letter to the post master near where the witness had formerly resided, from whom he learned that Mr Hallister was still living & ready to testify in his behalf, but that Mr Goodrich's letters still remained in his office. Through the kind interference of this postmaster he procured the evidence herewith sent.
With much respect I have the honor to be your Obedient humble servant
H. H. Robison
Atty for N. Goodrich

Nathan Goodrich on Pension Guthrie, Shelbyville Shelby County Ind
E. F. Robison attorney Shelbyville Shelby County Ind

and the said court do hereby declare their opinion that the above-named applicant was a revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states
Ebenezer Powell, Probate Judge of Shelby County
I S B Morris Clerk of the Probate Court of Shelby County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Nathan Goodrich for a pension in testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 13 th day of February 1833
Sylvan B Morris Clerk

Amended Declaration of Nathan Goodrich Sen in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7th 1832.
State of Indiana } Shelby County } ss On this fourteenth day of August 1833 personally appeared in open Court before the Probate Court of Shelby County Indiana now sitting Nathan Goodrich a resident of said county and state aged sixty eight years the thirteenth day of April last who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832.
That he entered the service of the united state under the following named officers, and served as herein stated: to wit: about the last of March or first of April in the year 1782. he was living in the town of Sharon, County of Litchfield and state of Connecticut, when Benjamin Conklin Captain of a Militia company which to he belonged was, as he understood at the time, ordered to furnish eight men out of his company for one year, four of which were to go against the refugees or tories, "to guard the lines" as their duties were then denominated, and the other four to fill up vacancies, in what he has been in the habit of considering the regular army . Whether or not he is mistaken in this will be ascertained by the names of the officers under whom he served as herein after stated. He understood that Captain Benjamin Conklin above named had orders to accept of Volunteers from his company to supply this number eight which he was to furnish, but provided they would not volunteer to enlist, he was to draft that number from his company. Eight however volunteered. The names of the four who went against the tories, except Elijah Wells he does not remember, he himself with three others volunteered, or enlisted as he has been in the habit of considering it, for the purpose of filling the above named vacancies. The names of the three who went with him were Caleb Sewett, Lem Chapman (this is the name he went by - probably a nick name) and

Consider While - usually called Sid. White. He engaged at this time for one year from the said time of engagement and three weeks afterwards, he and the other three proceeded to Litchfield, the county seat of the said county of Litchfield Connecticut. When they met with about sixty or seventy who had been raised in the same way with himself and his three companions. They joined these and after lying there at Litchfield about eight or ten days, the whole proceeded to a place called Connecticut Ruts where they met the regular army consisting of 3 Regiments in the state of New York about two and a half miles east from North River & about four or five miles above West Point. There they laid not more than three or four weeks, doing nothing and then moved down to the river to Danforts Landings, and lived in tents there about a month, doing nothing. They moved then to Verplank's point, about sixteen or eighteen miles below west point, on the east side of the river. There they laid, he still with them, till some time about November of the same year 1782, still doing nothing but providing their winter firewood, to be taken up to West Point. Then the army scattered, some went to Newberg, some to New Windsor, some to Fishkill, the regiment to which he belonged, built little log houses or barracks as they were called, in the highlands, about four or five miles from the river, between Verplank's Point and West Point. There he and the balance of his Regiment, which he thinks was full, he had some times in June till the last of June or first of July 1783. Then the "the war men", as they were called, that is all except the three years men, were discharged. He this deponent, however, some time before his term of engagement had expired, in the winter of 1782, had taken the place of a three years man, by the name of John Athar Carter, who the officers consented to discharge the more readily because he stuttered very much & could not be put on guard. He therefore (the claimant) was not discharged, when the rest were, who engaged for less than three years. At the same time he and the company to which he belonged (he being then a three years man) marched to West Point, together with two other companies. Then he

about one or two laid two or three months guarding the forts and stores. about the last of July  August of the  this year 1783. he was discharged the time of Johnathan Cartes the three years mapp whose place he had taken being then expired. He received a written discharge here from Captain Johnathan Hart, Captain of his company. Which discharge was lost as he never considered it of importance and took no care of it. He then returned from West Point to Sharon the place where he had engaged. he remained there except for three or four weeks till the next spring of 1784. when he went to West Stockbridge Massachusetts and resided nearly two years. When he returned to Sharon in Connecticut the place first mentioned, enlisted there after the Revolutionary War. under Capt. Strong who was under General Shaw Harmer. Cropped the mountains under Captain Hart, and served three years at the mouth of Muskingum River in the State of Ohio. and at the mouth of French Creek on the Allegheny River 140 miles above Pittsburg. He then returned to Marietta - was discharged - then went to Ohio County Virginia. - lived there ten or twelve years. then moved to the state of Ohio to Belmont County. - lived there seven or eight years. then moved to Franklin County in this State where he resided 18 months - then removed to the county of Shelby in this state. where he has lived since and now resides. In his first mentioned engagement from the last of March or first of April 1782 till sometime the early of August  after leaving Kentucky, which he did immediately 1783. the first Captain he served under was David Strong, who commanded a company at Connecticut Forts, which claimant joined. Capt. Strong continued to command the company till the fall of the year 1782 about the month of November, when he left the company, and the command of it was given to Captain Coal Fox who never took actual command of the company & whom this claimant never saw. The company remained but a short time under the nominal command of Coal Fox when it was put under the command of Johnathan Captain Humphrey, who was

also absent from the company, and not actually in command, Claimant never saw him. He is said to have visited the company once when Claimant was absent for a few hours. He remained under Capt. Humphrey till June 1783 as above stated when all but the "three years men" were discharged, when then he went with his company to West Point as before stated, Captain Johnathan Hart actually commanding the company, having taken the place of Capt. Humphrey under his command he remained till he was discharged at West Point in August. He was marched by a Sergeant from Litchfield when he first engaged to the Connecticut Huts. He has forgotten his name. At Connecticut Huts, the field officers, of the during his stay, were Colonel Swift of the 2nd Connecticut Regiment to which he (the Claimant) belonged, Lieutenant Colonel Johnson of the same Regiment, Major Smith, of the same, Capt. Strong of Claimant's company & Lieutenant Clark of the same company, who died a few days after the arrival of Claimant at Connecticut Huts General Parsons had command of this Brigade. There were officers The Captain of the light Infantry company belonging to Claimant's Regiment was called Taylor & the adjutant was called Wilcox. The names of other officers he has entirely forgotten. Those mentioned nearly all continued till the discharges above mentioned took place in June before Claimant went to West Point. After this time he remained at West Point so short a time that he can only mention the name of his Captain above stated & that of the adjutant - Sumner. The only occurrences of note were as follows to wit. At West Point one Gailen a private in the second Regiment, that is, the Claimant's Regiment, was hung for mutiny, while the army lay at Connecticut Huts a few miles from West Point. He is said to have been a the head of a mutiny, to leave the camp. While at West Point one of his company, having gone to Newburg was drowned while sleeping in a wagon on the edge of the of the River water, by the rising of the tide. He was in no battles. He has no documentary evidence of his service, nor does he know of any person whose testimony he can procure as to his service. His whole period of service amounts at the least to one

year and five months. It  a little may have been more but he will state it as this, as he is certain it was not less than 1 year & 5 months. During the whole time and under all the officers above mentioned he served as a private soldier. Though he has always considered that he belonged to the Regular Army yet in this he may be mistaken. It may have been the state troops, or volunteers; at all events he volunteered & has never received any bounty for enlistment, and had he not volunteered, as before stated, right men would have been drafted. He was born in the State of Vermont in the town of Alstead, whence his father removed with him when he was about a year old, to the above mentioned town of Sharon where he resided till he joined the army. He was born in the 13th of April 1765 & was 17 years old when he entered the service. He has no record of his age & never had any to the best of his knowledge. He refers to John Hendricks, Rev. E. Grant, Elisha Mayhew, S. B. Morris, D. Thacher, Elijah Grant, Ovid Butts & John C. Sleeth to whom he is known in his present neighbourhood and who can testify as to his character for veracity and their belief of his services in the Revolution. During the whole term of his engagement, and during which the above mentioned services were performed he was engaged in no civil pursuit. At the time of entering the service he lived in the town of Sharon, County of Litchfield & state of Connecticut. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of any state or Territory.
I sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid
Witness S. B. Morris
Nathan X Goodrich
We Eliphalet Grant a clergyman residing in the town of Shelbyville county of Shelby and state of Indiana and John Hendricks residing in the same place hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Nathan Goodrich who has subscribed and sworn to the affidavit

declaration: that we believe him to be sixt h eight years of age; that he is respected and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
I worn & I subscribed the day and year aforesaid Eliphalet Kent John Hendricks
And the said court do hereby declare their opinion therein after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories presented by the war department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he stated. And the court further certify that it appears to them that Eliphalet Kent who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the town of Shelbyville Shelby county state of Indiana and in the immediate neighbourhood of said claimant and that the said John Hendricks who resides in the same neighbourhood is a credible person, and their statement is worthy of credit. Erasmus Powell { Probate Judge of Shelby County,
I Sylvan D. Morris Clerk of the Probate court of Shelby County Indiana do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the amended  original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Nathan Goodrich  Erasmus Powell for a pension. That the said court is a court of record, and that the above signature of the Hon. Erasmus Powell is his genuine signature, and further that the proceed- ings hereto annexed, as having been taken at the February Term 1833 of this court, are the original proceed- ings in this case as they are entered on both pieces of paper.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 14th day of August 1833
Sylvan B. Morris Clerk

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Goodrich, Noah GRADE Private LINE Massachusetts
WARRANT NUMBER 4205 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED Apr. 21, 1794 to — not shown —
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.